Hopefully it will get better, and maybe reintroduce more hand drawn animation rather than bothersome CGI which will look very dated in 10 years on the films and animes they have today. I was disappointed when I saw so much CG in Eva 2.22 and I heard 3.33 has even more, but that Anno did it "on purpose" being the troll he is.

I also hope to see another landmark film on the level of 'AKIRA' one day...

I agree. I watch anime with my daughter and she loves it. Her favorite character? Sailor Mini Moon. She is so young and she is even able to recognize the characters from other animes that I watch and I wont let her watch until she is older, but the point is she has an obvious love for anime at a young age and it will only grow. We will have more generations of anime/manga lovers. It will not die.

wow, that's definitely false! before Naruto, Bleach and One Piece there were tons of great animes like Beyblade and Fighting Fudons (or however it's spelled :)) sooooooooo yeah... that person just doesn't like anime very much.